Take any subway train to either the Randolph & Dearborn (Blue line) or the State & Randolph (Red Line) station OR any elevated train line (Green or Brown Lines) to the Lake & Clark station.

Transfer to the Pink Line train which runs on the elevated Loop tracks. If you are in the Subway, leave the station and exit either at Randolph Street (Blue line) or at Lake Street (Brown or Green line).

From the Brown or Green line, transfer to the Pink Line at the Lake & Clark Station.

From either subway train, walk to the intersection of Lake and State street and take the stairs up to elevated Loop trains.

Take the Pink Line 54/Cermak train to the Polk Street (Medical Center) stop.

Via CTA bus on Ashland Avenue Take the #37 Sedgwick Bus (from the North Side) or the #9 Ashland Bus (from the South Side) to Taylor Street. Walk west on Taylor Street to Wood Street (about 2 blocks), cross the street. Walk north on Wood Street (about 150 feet)

Via CTA train and bus from Midway Airport Take the Orange Line train from Midway Airport to the Ashland stop. On Ashland Avenue take the northbound #9 Ashland bus to Taylor Street. Walk west on Taylor to Wood Street. Walk north on Wood Street (about 150 feet). Via CTA train and bus from O’Hare Airport Take the Blue Line train to the Randolph & Dearborn stop downtown (in the subway). Follow the remaining Directions above for travel by CTA Elevated Train or Subway.

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We hope that if you just visit or decide to stay, you will enjoy Chicago as much as we do here at UIC. We have diverse training sites for residents that cover the range from community psychiatry to the state mental health system to the tertiary care center at the university.

A. The Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI) 912 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612 Directions: To this Site| From this Site The Neuropsychiatric Institute houses the UIC Psychiatry Outpatient Clinics, which include residents' clinical offices and seminar rooms. Originally, when it opened in 1941, the institute was directed as a joint venture between the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry at the 100-year-old College of Medicine, with neurology patients, offices, and labs located in the north tower, and psychiatry patients, offices, and labs in the south tower. The Institute has achieved a national reputation for its excellence in academic psychiatry. One of Illinois's first psychiatric residency programs was created here in 1946. From that time we have educated and trained leaders in psychiatry throughout Illinois as well as the nation. The clinical programs of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Psychotic Disorders, Neuropsychiatry/Behavioral Neurology, and Women’s Mental Health are located in this building.

B. University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Medical Center Hospital1740 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612 Directions: To this Site| From this Site The Psychiatry Inpatient Unit is located on campus (across the street from the NPI) in the University of Illinois Hospital. The inpatient unit is a modern, 35 bed psychiatric facility. Patients are admitted for moderate or extended lengths of stay, depending on the nature of their illness. There are four inpatient teams: Mood and Anxiety, Psychotic Disorders, Women's Mental Health, and Neuropsychiatry.

C. Institute for Juvenile Research (IJR)1747 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago IL 60612 Directions: To this Site| From this Site The Institute for Juvenile Research, established in 1909, constitutes the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the Department of Psychiatry at UIC. In addition to its important role in the training of medical students and general psychiatry residents, IJR also offers child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship programs. Individual therapy with children and adolescents and an active marital and family therapy program, which serves the community, allows for the training in a variety of professional services. IJR also provides consultation to various schools and neighborhood community agencies. In 2004, the Institute moved to its current location in a modern facility.

D. Veterans Administration (VA) - Jesse Brown Medical Center820 S. Damen Ave. Chicago, IL 60612 Directions: To this Site| From this SiteThe West Side Division of VA Chicago is within walking distance from the UIC College of Medicine campus. It is a 209-bed facility with integrated residency programs in all disciplines, including psychiatry. A comprehensive range of services is available, including emergency treatment, inpatient and outpatient treatment, consultation/liaison, day hospitalization, and addiction services. There are 40 general psychiatry beds and a 40-bed residential facility linked with outpatient addiction treatment services. There is a day hospital program and an Intensive Psychiatric Community Care program providing outreach services. A large outpatient addiction treatment program offers specialized treatment for alcoholism and includes a methadone clinic. Outpatient mental health services include clinics for geriatric patients, women, chronically mentally ill patients, veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder, and affective disorders. In addition to its important role in the general training of residents, major training opportunities are available at the VA in the areas of primary care psychiatry, substance abuse, and geropsychiatry.

E. MacNeal Hospital3249 S. Oak Park Ave. Berwyn, IL 60402Directions: To this Site| From this Site MacNeal Hospital, located in Berwyn, is approximately 8 miles from UIC, is a 427-bed privately-owned, community teaching hospital. UIC PGY 2 residents rotate on the inpatient psychiatry. The inpatient service consists of four 12-bed units, each with a different focus – geriatric psychiatry, chronic illness, and higher functioning, and acute stabilization. Patients are drawn from the surrounding communities of Berwyn, Cicero, and Oak Forest.

F. John J. Madden Mental Health Center1200 S. First Ave., Hines, IL 60141 Directions: To this Site| From this SiteMadden MHC is located next to the campus of Loyola University Medical Center and the Hines Veterans Administration Hospital in Maywood, a western suburb of Chicago. As part of the state-wide network of care provided by private and public mental health services, Madden MHC maintains a close link with community providers in the surrounding areas. Services provided include short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term inpatient care for adults, treatment services for adults with mental illness, and specialized services for patients diagnosed as both mentally ill and mentally retarded. UIC residents spend 2 or 3 months on the inpatient psychiatry service during their PGY 2 year and are not assigned call at Madden.